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HETKUOMEKA, &C., FHOM TROPICAL AUSTRALIA, 



-i-lOsub-suhulate, apical joint elongate-ovate. Pr othor ax s]ight]y 

 narrower than head at apex, feebly widened to the middle, then 

 subparallel to base: (in the male specimen, nearly cylindric), 

 truncate at apex and base, a wide medial depression (varying in 

 depth and extent in the three specimens), posterior angles rect- 

 angular. Scutellum oval. Elytra considerably wider than pro- 

 thorax at base, tapering to the apex; (in female specimens, slightly 

 widened behind middle), striate-punctate, the punctures in striae 

 square, close and separated by cancellate ridges, more obvious 



towards sides: intervals finely cos- 

 tate and longitudinally rugulose. 

 Underside coarsely and rather dis- 

 tantly punctate, the punctures finer 

 and denser towards the apex of ab- 

 domen, legs long and longitudinally 

 rugulose. Dimensions: 9-10 x 2^-3 



Hah. — King River, Northern 

 Territory (W. McLennan). 



Three specimens (one $) of a 

 puzzling species to place, have been 

 sent from the National Museum, 

 Melbourne. I cannot, however, find 

 any character beyond the more 

 elongate, subcylindric prothorax to 

 separate it from Tanychilus., with which it corresponds in other 

 respects, notably in the head and carinate canthus-ridges, the 

 long antennae and legs, basal joint of posterior tarsi as long as 

 the rest combined. Its small size, opaque colour, and distinct 

 elytral sculpture easily distinguish it from other described 

 species. The outliue figure given is that of a (^, as being better 

 set for drawing. Types in the National Museum, Melbourne. 



Text-lig.8. 

 Tanychiliis opacas, n.sp. 



Stronyylium longicyurum, nov.nom. = S. longipes Carter, nom. 

 prteocc. — Mr. K. G. Blair has been good enough to inform me 

 that the name longipes, which I used in describing a Queens- 

 land species (These Proceedings, 1915, xl., PL 3, p. 525), has been 

 already twice used, once by Hope (Zool. Misc., i., 1831, p.31), a 



